Grain-elevator



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0. D. SPALDI-NG.

GRAIN ELEVATOR.

Patented Dec. 5; 1882.

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GRAIN ELEVATOR.

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ORLANDO D. SPALDING, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

'GRAlN-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,743, dated December 5, 1882,

Application filed'April 9, 1881. Renewed June 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO D.SPALD1NG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Elevators; and

i I do hereby declare the'following to be a full,

o are detailed sections.

This invention relates to grain-elevators.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A is the pit, B the basement, and U the ground-floor, of a grain-elevator. Rising from the floor at the walls of the building is the series of posts ]),their number being determined by the number of bins to be used, these posts resting on the sills d.

E is the truss-hoop, which passes around the inside of the building and rests on top of the posts snug against the walls; This hoop is made in sections E, their ends 0 coming together at each post 1). At these ends 0 these sections areenlarged, forming an inward citset, 6, having the shoulder a. V

F is a plateor tie, having offsets f f and shoulders 3 y, and of a shape to tit the abutting ends of the hoop-sections E, to which they are held by bolts f. This makes a firm and strong hoop passing around the building, said hoop occupying only a portion ofthetops of the posts.

G are the trusses, composed of the bottom beam, g, and two or more upper beams, g. The lower beam, g, extends outward at the sides from the upper beams, as shown at a, forming shoulders. These beams are held together by stirrups H, which are looped over the upper beams, clasping them snugly, and

its arms h h, passing down through beam g, are secured by nuts, tie-plate, or other like device. The lower ends, 11,01? these trusses rest on the posts D, and the abutting ends of the sections E, the bottom beam on the posts, the others on the hoop, as shown. These trusses spring upward and inward from the hoop E, and their inner ends, t, converge to and are fastened to an inner hoop, I. This hoop is composedof sections 1, which are made of beams bolted together, the meeting ends of the sections coming at the ends of the trusses to which they are secured.

K are the floor-joists for the bins, upon which the flooring of the bins is to be laid, their ends being made fast to the lower beams, 9, upon shoulders 00.

L is the pipe for the elevator, M the partitions between the bins, and N the outside walls of the structure; N,'the walls of the pipe. Up and down these walls N N runs the studding P, to which is secured the lining Q of the bins at the outside.

S are braces running from the outer to the innerwalls, and T the cross-braces connected to the braces S and to the partitions between the bins, said braces T being held to the studding m of the bins.

It is the elevator, passing from the pit to the top of the building, at which latter place are to be chutes for conducting the grain to the bins, these latter having discharge openings for removing it when desired. This building is to have a. taper upward, being smaller at top than at bottom, whereby it is stronger and better able to resist pressure, the bulk of the storage being below the middle. The construction described furnishes a building which is strong and convenient, doing away withmuch of the timber and material now in use. The floors of the bins are firm, and the structure resists the downward pressure, and the bracing counteracts the side strain. By dispensing with the usual supporting-posts he low plenty of room is obtained for working,

handling. the

What I claim is- 1. A grain-elevator tapering upward, as described.

2. The combination of the outer and inner hoops and the connecting-trusses, substantially as described.

3. In a grain-elevator, the bins having the two sets of braces, as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORLANDO D. SPALDING.

\Vitnesses W. P. BARTLETT, W. A. HEYLMAN. 

